noun
Meaning 1
Struggle that is followed by death.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-plural
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
death throe
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/ˈdɛθ θɹoʊ/
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noun
Meaning 2
The final movements or sounds, often erratic, of a living being as it dies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-plural
Examples
- In her death throes, she made a sound and reached outward.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The final actions or output of a machine or other object before it ceases to function.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, in-plural
Examples
- As part of its death throes, the printer made a grinding sound and then never worked again.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: հոգեվարք (hogevarkʻ) — struggle that is followed by death
- Dutch: doodsstrijd — struggle that is followed by death
- Esperanto: agonio — struggle that is followed by death
- Finnish: kuolinkamppailu — struggle that is followed by death
- French: agonie — struggle that is followed by death
- German: Todeszuckung — struggle that is followed by death
- Hungarian: haláltusa — struggle that is followed by death
- Irish: arraing an bháis — struggle that is followed by death
- Norwegian Bokmål: dødskamp — struggle that is followed by death
- Norwegian Nynorsk: dødskamp — struggle that is followed by death
- Polish: agonia — struggle that is followed by death
- Spanish: último coletazo — struggle that is followed by death
- Swedish: dödsryckning — struggle that is followed by death